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Title
Judges offer congratulations
Creator
Rudy Spika of Perry Griffith Photographers (53-767)
Date Created and/or Issued
1953
Contributing Institution
Long Beach Public Library
Collection
Long Beach Photos
Rights Information
For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description
Pageant judges gather around the base of the stage to congratulate the newly crowned Miss USA of 1954: Myrna Rae Hansen of Illinois. Wearing regal robes, crown, and holding her scepter, she leans down to speak with them. Behind them in the background, the pageant throne is visible, placed against a striped wall. DATE NOTES: Noted on image front and back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Occupations.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
LBPL_3455.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2046
Subject
Beauty contests. Women
Source
Donated by Marian Spika.
Relation
Beauty Pageants - Miss Universe - 1953

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